public static string WithActiveLinks(this string s)
{
//Finds URLs with no protocol
var urlregex =
new Regex(@"b({0,1}(?<url>(www|ftp).[^ ,""s<)]*)b",
RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
//Finds URLs with a protocol
var httpurlregex =
new Regex(@"b({0,1}(?<url>[^>]
(http://www.|http://|https://|ftp://)[^,""s<)]*)b",
RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
//Finds email addresses
var emailregex =
new Regex(@"b(?<mail>[a-zA-Z_0-9.-]+@[a-zA-Z_0-9.-]+.w+)b",
RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
s = urlregex.Replace
(s, " <a href="http://${url}" target="_blank">${url}</a>");
s = httpurlregex.Replace
(s, " <a href="${url}" target="_blank">${url}</a>");
s = emailregex.Replace
(s, "<a href="mailto:${mail}">${mail}</a>");
return s;
}